"the 1987 film ""The Allnighter"", directed by her mother, Tamar Simon Hoffs, and was poorly reviewed by critics. That, and the firing of their manager Miles Copeland III, further exacerbated the dissent although they had another US hit with a remake of Simon & Garfunkel's ""A Hazy Shade of Winter"" (number two in February 1988) from the soundtrack of the film ""Less Than Zero"". The album ""Everything"" (1988) was produced by Davitt Sigerson, as the band had a negative reaction to working with David Kahne on ""Different Light"". The album was another multi-platinum hit and included the top five hit,"
"only found out about the single being a hit via the music press. The dramatic success of the song prompted Simon to return to the US, the duo reformed, and they soon became one of the flagship acts of the folk-rock boom of the mid-1960s. Their next album ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" went to No. 4 on the ""Billboard"" album chart and spawned the Top 20 single ""A Hazy Shade of Winter"", but progress slowed during 1966-67 as Simon struggled with writer's block and the demands of constant touring. They shot back to the top in 1968 after Simon"
"on an album until 1968's ""Bookends"". ""A Hazy Shade of Winter"" follows a more rock-tinged sound, with a fairly straightforward verse-refrain structure. The song dates back to Simon's days in England in 1965; it follows a hopeless poet, with ""manuscripts of unpublished rhyme"", unsure of his achievements in life. The lyrics recall the transition from fall to winter, as suggested by the repetition of the final chorus of the song: Author and disc jockey Pete Fornatale considered the lyrics evocative of, and standing in contrast with, those of John Phillips' ""California Dreamin'"". Decades later, Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger described the"
"CBS situation comedy ""Evening Shade"". In 1995, he created the fifty-two episode children's television series ""The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon"". Goldsboro voiced all the characters, wrote all the scripts, and played all the musical instruments. Goldsboro is also an accomplished oil painter. Bobby Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro (born January 18, 1941) is an American pop and country singer-songwriter. He had a string of pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature No. 1 hit ""Honey"", which sold over one million copies in the United States. Goldsboro was born in Marianna, Florida. During his first year of"
"A Whiter Shade of Pale ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" is the debut single by the British rock band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967 and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the ""Billboard"" pop chart in the United States. One of the anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of the best selling singles in history, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. With its Bach-derived instrumental melody, soulful vocals, and unusual lyrics –"
"with songs found on her concept albums), the song played for a considerable amount of time (over six minutes), however, the song was edited for its release as a single. Winter Melody ""Winter Melody"" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer released as a single in early-1977 from her ""Four Seasons of Love"" album. It became a top 30 hit in the UK, where it peaked at #27. By this time Summer was making her name as the queen of disco music, though this song is a soul ballad. The song represented the ""winter"" phase of the"
"music and lyrics by Zakk Wylde, except where noted. Hangover Music Vol. VI Hangover Music Vol. VI is the fifth studio album by heavy metal band Black Label Society, released April 20, 2004. This album is a much more mellow affair than any other Black Label Society album, and some fans have recognized it as a nod back to Zakk Wylde's solo effort, ""Book of Shadows"", from 1996. The album contains a piano version of Procol Harum's 1967 No. 1 ""Whiter Shade of Pale"" and a song entitled ""Layne,"" which is written in memory of Layne Staley of Alice in"
"led by Susanna Hoffs towards the end. This was a rare occurrence in the Bangles songs, as they mostly had just one member singing lead. Due to pressure from their record label, the Bangles removed the verse from the original song that contained the line ""drinking my vodka and lime"". According to liner notes on the Soundtrack album, Steve Bartek from the band Oingo Boingo played acoustic guitar on the track. When released as a single in November 1987, ""Hazy Shade of Winter"" became a huge hit, surpassing the popularity of the original version, peaking at number 2 on the"
"Shadows: ""Man of Mystery"" (UK #5 hit in December 1960) and ""Kon-Tiki"" (UK #1 hit in October 1961). His ""Man of Mystery"" was the theme music for the early 1960s film series ""Edgar Wallace Mysteries"" based on the prodigious output of the writer Edgar Wallace known as the ""man of mystery"". In recent years this instrumental rock tune has featured in the repertoire of the British alternative rock band Muse. With Ben Nisbet, Carr co-wrote the theme song to the popular 1960s children's TV series ""The White Horses"". The song was released as the single ""White Horses"" sung by ""Jacky"""
"Family."" Symphonic rock artists in the late 1960s had some chart success, including the singles ""Nights in White Satin"" (the Moody Blues, 1967) and ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" (Procol Harum, 1967). The Moody Blues established the popularity of symphonic rock when they recorded ""Days of Future Passed"" together with the London Festival Orchestra, and Procol Harum began to use a greater variety of acoustic instruments, particularly on their 1969 album ""A Salty Dog"". Classical influences sometimes took the form of pieces adapted from or inspired by classical works, such as Jeff Beck's ""Beck's Bolero"" and parts of the Nice's"
"the HOT 100"" status in Billboard Magazine's issue of December 31, 1966, the record is little known today. Sons of Champlin recorded the song at about the same time, but the ""Headquarters"" version was released first. The album ""Fat City"", released in 2015 by The Thick Boys, finally featured the Sons of Champlin version of the song, named ""Shades of thickness"" (whereas the original Monkees release was titled ""Shades of Gray""). Sandy Posey covered the song on her 1968 album ""Looking At You"". Another version was recorded in 2016 by P.K. Limited (Screen Gems/Columbia Music songwriters Dan Peyton and Marty"
"Warm Love ""Warm Love"" is a hit song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The song was included on his 1973 album ""Hard Nose the Highway"". It was a Top Forty single hit when released in April 1973. Jackie De Shannon sang back-up vocals. ZigZag's review called it ""a second cousin to 'Crazy Love' and almost as good."" It was a popular concert performance tune for Morrison during the seventies. Stephen Holden in his ""Rolling Stone"" review of the ""Hard Nose the Highway"" songs said, ""Next is the ingratiatingly melodic 'Warm Love', which embodies in all its details a"
"Roses of Picardy ""Roses of Picardy"" is a British popular song with lyrics by Frederick Weatherly and music by Haydn Wood. Published in London in 1916 by Chappell & Co, it was one of the most famous songs of the First World War and has been recorded frequently up to the present day. The lyricist Fred Weatherly had become impressed with beauty of the voice of the soprano Elsie Griffin, who later became a leading artiste with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Her singing of his compositions resulted in his writing two of the most popular hits of the 20th-century"
"Hangover Music Vol. VI Hangover Music Vol. VI is the fifth studio album by heavy metal band Black Label Society, released April 20, 2004. This album is a much more mellow affair than any other Black Label Society album, and some fans have recognized it as a nod back to Zakk Wylde's solo effort, ""Book of Shadows"", from 1996. The album contains a piano version of Procol Harum's 1967 No. 1 ""Whiter Shade of Pale"" and a song entitled ""Layne,"" which is written in memory of Layne Staley of Alice in Chains. The song ""No Other"" is a leftover track"
"Sarah Vaughan, Eydie Gormé, Andy Williams, Nancy Wilson, Jack Jones, Rita Reys, Steve Lawrence, Liza Minnelli and Cleo Laine. Traditional pop had not completely faded from the music scene, even as late as the mid-60's songs like The Days Of Wine And Roses and Moon River topping the charts and being popular with both teenagers and adults, and in 1959-1960 the hit songs ""The Battle Of New Orleans {in 1814)"" and ""North To Alaska"" by Johnny Horton were far more popular with teenagers than with adults. In addition to the vocal jazz and/or 1960s swing music, many of these singers"
"gained respect within the burgeoning 1960s British R&B scene, which yielded The Beatles, The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, The Rolling Stones, and many others. The Rolling Stones, in particular, were Paramounts fans, giving them guest billing on several memorable shows in the early 1960s. In 1966, Brooker founded Procol Harum with his friend Keith Reid. ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" is the worldwide hit for which Procol Harum is best known, but Brooker's melancholic vocals and emotive, eclectic piano playing were a key part of Procol's musical mix for the entire course of the band's career. In the early"
"Billy Hill (songwriter) Billy Hill (July 14, 1899 – December 24, 1940) was an American songwriter, violinist, and pianist who found fame writing Western songs such as ""They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree"", ""The Last Round-Up"", ""Wagon Wheels"", and ""Empty Saddles"". Hill's most popular song was ""The Glory of Love"", recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, Count Basie in 1937, Peggy Lee in 1959, Dean Martin in 1966, Tom Rush in 1968, Eddy Arnold in 1969, Wizz Jones in 1970, Otis Redding, The Five Keys, Paul McCartney in 2012 and Bette Midler for the film ""Beaches"". William Joseph Hill"
"in 2005, Jim Irvin of ""Mojo"" said that its arrival at number 1 on 8 June 1967, on the same day that the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" topped the national albums chart, marked the start of the Summer of Love in Britain. According to music historian Harvey Kubernik, in the context of the Summer of Love, ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" was the ""one song [that] stood above all others, its Everest-like status conferred by no less than John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who were enthralled by the Chaucerian wordplay and heavenly Baroque accompaniment"". Kubernik also writes"
"bless her, and heaven will welcome her. The song includes a famous reference to athlete Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees, one of Simon's favorite baseball teams. It also features an explicit homage to the Beatles, with Simon uttering the meaningless phrase ""coo-coo-ca-choo"" that John Lennon sings in ""I Am the Walrus"". ""A Hazy Shade of Winter"" is an older track that dates back to Simon's days in England in 1965. The song follows a hopeless poet, with ""manuscripts of unpublished rhyme"", unsure of his achievements in life. In sharp contrast, the whimsical, Orwellian ""At the Zoo"" both concludes"
"with country music, and it became one of the most popular recordings of 1960s country music. It is generally considered to be Arnold's best-known song. The musicians on the Arnold session were Grady Martin, Velma Smith (guitars), Henry Strzelecki (bass), Jerry Carrigan (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano), Bill Walker (vibes), Harvey Wolfe (cello), Pamela Goldsmith, Ruby Ann Story (violas), Brenton Banks, Solie Fott, Lillian Hunt, Martin Katham, Shelly Kurland (violins), and the Anita Kerr Singers (vocal chorus). Harry James recorded a version on the 1966 album ""Harry James & His Western Friends"" (Dot DLP 3735 and DLP 25735) and again on"
"of World War II (see, for example, its usage in the recording ""South America"", Vitaphone Release 1460A, 1945). Chester Himes uses a variation on the phrase: ""Colored boys and girls in ski ensembles and ballet skirts were skating the light fantastic at two o'clock ... "" In 1967, English rock band Procol Harum released its hit song, ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"", with lyrics by Keith Reid, that included a play on the phrase with ""skip the light fandango"", casting Milton's light and nimble dancing in a modernist perspective. In 1985, rock band Marillion released its song ""Heart of Lothian"""
"Dee Clark Dee Clark (November 7, 1938 – December 7, 1990) was an American soul singer best known for a string of R&B and pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the song ""Raindrops,"" which became a million-seller in the United States in 1961. He was born Delectus Clark or Delecta Clark, Jr. in Blytheville, Arkansas, and moved to Chicago in 1941. His mother, Essie Mae Clark, was a gospel singer and encouraged her son to pursue his love of music. Clark made his first recording in 1952 as a member of the Hambone Kids, who enjoyed"
"Ferlin Husky Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen top-20 hits in the ""Billboard"" country charts between 1953 and 1975; his versatility and matinee-idol looks propelled a seven-decade entertainment career. In the 1950s and 1960s, Husky's hits included ""Gone"" and ""Wings of a Dove"", each reaching number one on the country charts. He also created a comic outspoken hayseed character, Simon Crum; and recorded under the stage name Terry"
"These creative collaborations quickly made their mark with hits such as “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” (Procol Harum), “Flowers In The Rain”, “I Can Hear The Grass Grow” and “Blackberry Way” (The Move), together with work from Beverley Kutner, Tucker Zimmerman and Michael Chapman. The producer roster involved with Platz included Denny Cordell, Gus Dudgeon, Rodger Bain, Don Paul, Johnny Worth and Tony Visconti, whom Platz had brought over to the UK at Cordell’s initiation. After a string of hits in the late 1960s licensed via labels Deram and, later, Regal Zonophone, Platz launched his own label Fly Records in"
"group Dancer, Prancer and Nervous. In 1960, 16-year-old Brian Hyland had a novelty hit with the song ""Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"", by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, which topped the ""Billboard"" single chart. The Trashmen reached the top 5 with ""Surfin' Bird"", a surf rock medley of two novelty songs originally recorded by The Rivingtons. In 1964, the Grammy for Best Country and Western Album was awarded to Roger Miller. Miller was known to sing novelty songs. In 1965, ""A Windmill in Old Amsterdam"", a song written by Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge, became a UK"
"It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring) ""It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)"" is a song co-written by the songwriters and record producers, Barry White and Paul Politi. It became a minor hit for the African American singer Felice Taylor in 1967, reaching No. 42 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No. 44 on the R&B chart in early 1967. It was recorded later in 1973 by Love Unlimited, a girl band formed through Barry White's initiative. It appeared in the female group's album ""Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited"". That"
"Homburg (song) ""Homburg"" was the rock band Procol Harum's follow-up single to their initial 1967 hit ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"". Written by pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, ""Homburg"" reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart, number 15 in Canada, and number 34 in the United States. It went to number one in several countries, including Australia, South Africa, and the Netherlands. An Italian cover (""L'ora dell'amore"" by I Camaleonti) reached number 1 in the Italian Hit Parade Singles Chart on December 16, 1967 and remained there for 10 weeks. Reid's ""Homburg"" lyrics contains the same surreal,"
"Winter Melody ""Winter Melody"" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer released as a single in early-1977 from her ""Four Seasons of Love"" album. It became a top 30 hit in the UK, where it peaked at #27. By this time Summer was making her name as the queen of disco music, though this song is a soul ballad. The song represented the ""winter"" phase of the concept album, and speaks of a woman struggling to come to terms with the fact that her relationship has ended. As with much of Summer's material at that time (particularly"
"group. He is fairly inactive in the music industry these days. David Knights David Knights (born David John Knights, 28 June 1945, Islington, North London) is a British musician who was the original bass guitarist in the band Procol Harum. He played bass on the hit single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"". He was in the band long enough to play on their first three albums. He departed in 1969, to be replaced by Chris Copping. When he was in Procol Harum he used a Gibson EB-0 bass. He also performed with a band named Ruby, that released one album"
"Paul Politi Paul Leo Politi (born July 31, 1943) is an American songwriter, famous for his collaboration of over 40 songs with singer and songwriter Barry White. Politi and White collaborated in writing songs including the singer Felice Taylor during the mid 1960s. Various songs co-written for her included ""It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)"" in 1967 and the follow-up ""Under the Influence of Love"". Both were later covered by Love Unlimited, a protegée female vocal group established through Barry White's initiative and were hit singles in the United States. The international fame came through"
"used again by G. Moroder for the soundtrack of Alan Parker's movie, ""Midnight Express"". Knights in White Satin Knights in White Satin is a 1976 album composed, produced and performed by Giorgio Moroder. Side A of the album consists almost solely of a disco version of Moody Blues' 1967 hit ""Nights in White Satin"", interrupted by a Moroder/Bellotte composition called ""In the Middle of the Knight"". The track is typical of the disco era in that it covers an entire LP side, but atypical as it is quite slow, only 110bpm, and not what was usually considered the standard at"
"number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. Tiny Topsy was believed to be an alias used by Williams (who wrote Tiny Topsy's track, ""Western Rock 'N' Roll"") for some time, although pop historians now discount the idea. Williams has written over 200 songs. She lives in Chicago with her daughter, and continues to write music. Bernice Williams Bernice Williams is an American songwriter, who wrote the 1960s song ""Duke of Earl"" along with Gene Chandler and Earl Edwards. In the 1960s, she wrote three ""Billboard"" Hot 100 hit songs. Chandler was discovered by Williams. Under her professional guidance, Chandler was"
"at the end of the 1960s, the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup consisting of Hite (vocals), Wilson (guitar, harmonica and vocals), Henry Vestine and later Harvey Mandel (lead guitar), Larry Taylor (bass), and Adolfo de la Parra (drums). The music and attitude of Canned Heat attracted a large following and established the band as one of the popular acts of the hippie era. Canned Heat appeared at most major musical events at the end of the 1960s, performing blues standards along with their own material and occasionally indulging in lengthy 'psychedelic' solos. Two of their songs ""Going Up"